Thorley, Craig ORCID: 0000-0002-3207-435X, Dewhurst, Stephen A, Abel, Joseph W and Knott, Lauren M
(2016)
Eyewitness memory: The impact of a negative mood during encoding and/or retrieval upon recall of a non-emotive event.
MEMORY, 24 (6).
pp. 838-852.
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Abstract
The police often appeal for eyewitnesses to events that were unlikely to have been emotive when observed. An eyewitness, however, may be in a negative mood whilst encoding or retrieving such events as mood can be influenced by a range of personal, social, and environmental factors. For example, bad weather can induce a negative mood. This experiment compared the impact of negative and neutral moods during encoding and/or retrieval upon eyewitness recall of a non-emotive event. A negative mood during encoding had no impact upon the number of correct details recalled (provided participants were in a neutral mood at retrieval) but a negative mood during retrieval impaired the number of correct details recalled (provided participants were in a neutral mood at encoding). A negative mood at both time points enhanced the number of correct details recalled, demonstrating a mood-dependent memory enhancement. The forensic implications of these findings are discussed.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Eyewitness, Testimony, Memory, Mood, Emotion, Mood-dependent |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
Date Deposited: | 28 Apr 2016 11:13 |
Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2023 07:37 |
DOI: | 10.1080/09658211.2015.1058955 |
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URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3000835 |